Carrigaphooca Castle

Carrigaphooca Castle

Carrigaphooca Castle ("Caisleán Carraig a' Phúca" in Irish, meaning "Castle on the Rock of the Fairy" ; the word "Púca" may mean a Ghost, Fairy, or some other type of Spirit) is a ruined five storey rectangular tower house, situated on a steep-sided rock, and located 6 km west of Macroom, County Cork, Ireland. Carrigaphooca was built in 1436, reputedly by Donal McCarthy of Drishane. [Healy (1998). pp. 27-29] In 1602, the castle was attacked and taken by O'Sullivan Beare.O Murchadah (1993), p. 223]

During the 1970s, the Office of Public Works undertook restoration of the site, and added a flight of steps leading over the rock base, joining with the main entrance. [Power (1997), p. 361] The ground floor chamber is lit by small off-center windows, and is flanked by a straight mural stairs which rises as a spiral to the 4th floor level.

A stone circle lies two fields to the east of the castle.

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*"Denis Power (1997). "Archaeological inventory of County Cork, Volume 3: Mid Cork, 9467" ColorBooks. ISBN 0-7076-4933-1"

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*List of castles in Ireland


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